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enNature's Awe. July 4th Pride. 50 state flowers flourish everywhere. Fun quiz on which is what, the inspiration... Your top pick?http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/nature-awe-july-fourth-pride-50-state-flowers-flourish-everywhere-fun-quiz-inspiration
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<img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_3/50-state-flowers.jpg" width="510" height="612" /><br />
<a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20817198,00.html" target="_blank">50 State Flowers to Grow Anywhere</a></p>
<p>Photos courtesy <a href="http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20817198,00.html" target="_blank">This Old House magazine</a></p>
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/snowflake-time-lapse-vyacheslav-ivanov-video_n_4846991.html" target="_blank">"Watch A Snowflake Come To Life"</a></p>
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<a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/video-do-bean-plants-show-intelligence.html" target="_blank">"plants seem to exhibit intelligence, intention, and even choice"</a></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_3/norway-ice-concert.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="258"> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/snowflake-comes-to-life-time-lapse-video-norway-ice-music-festival">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_3/milky-way-over-easter-island.jpg" alt="Milky Way Above Easter Island" width="510" height="339"></p>
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<p><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap120618.html" target="_blank">NASA Astronomy Photo of the Day, June 18, 2012</a><br />
Why were the statues on Easter Island built? No one is sure. What is sure is that over 800 large stone statues exist there. The Easter Island statues, stand, on the average, over twice as tall as a person and have over 200 times as much mass. Few specifics are known about the history or meaning of the unusual statues, but many believe that they were created about 500 years ago in the images of local leaders of a lost civilization. Pictured above, some of the stone giants were illuminated in 2009 under the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy. </p>
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<p>Image Credit &amp; Copyright: <a href="http://www.frikosal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Manel Soria</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_3/whitney-houston-bodyguard.jpg" width="510" height="340" alt="Mariah Carey called Houston 'one of the greatest voices to ever grace the earth.'" /></p>
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<p><a href="http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/pop-music-queen-whitney-houston-dies-cause-of-death-unknown-175516" target="_blank">LOS ANGELES - Whitney Houston, who ruled as pop music's queen until her majestic voice and regal image were ravaged by drug use, erratic behavior and a tumultuous marriage to singer Bobby Brown, died Saturday. She was 48.</a></p>
<p>Beverly Hills police Lt. Mark Rosen told reporters outside the Beverly Hilton that Houston was pronounced dead at 3:55 p.m. in her room on the fourth floor of the hotel. Her body remained there and Beverly Hills detectives were investigating.</p>
<p>"There were no obvious signs of any criminal intent at this time," Rosen said. Houston's publicist, Kristen Foster, said Saturday that the cause of her death was unknown.</p>
<p>Rosen said police received a 911 call from hotel security about Houston at 3:43 p.m. Saturday. Paramedics who were already at the hotel because of a Grammy party unsuccessfully tried to resuscitate the singer, he said. Houston's death came on the eve of music's biggest night -- the Grammy Awards. It's a showcase where she once reigned, and her death was sure to cast a heavy pall on Sunday's ceremony. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/music-legend-golden-voice-whitney-houston-rip-songbird">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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"Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br />
and never brought to mind?<br />
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,<br />
and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne" target="_blank">auld lang syne</a>?</p>
<p>For auld lang syne, my dear,<br />
for auld lang syne,<br />
we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,<br />
for auld lang syne."</p>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrYzuln3uLk" target="_blank">Peace on Earth is a 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short subject directed by Hugh Harman, about a post-apocalyptic world populated by animals.</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/mysterious-sight-salar-de-uyuni.jpg" width="510" height="351" alt="Mysterious Sights: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia" /><br />
(quote)</p>
<p>Mysterious Sights: Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia</p>
<p>Salar de Uyuni is a magical place: When covered by water, the world’s largest salt flat becomes a mirror, and anyone walking across it appears to be walking on clouds. The salt crust, which covers 4,086 square miles in southwestern Bolivia at 11,995 feet above sea level, is nearly flat, which makes it ideal for calibrating the altimeters of satellites. Salar de Uyuni's origins lie in prehistoric lakes; it is a major breeding ground for several species of flamingoes.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/mysterious-sight-eye-of-africa.jpg" width="510" height="351" alt="Mysterious Sights: the Richat Structure" /></p>
<p>Mysterious Sights: Eye of Africa, Mauritania</p>
<p>The Eye of Africa - whose official name, the Richat Structure, seems so mundane in comparison - was spotted in central Mauritania by astronauts on early space missions. In the expanse of the Western Sahara Desert, the formation has a diameter of about 30 miles. At first, scientists thought a meteorite had hit the Earth, causing this impression. But now it is believed to be a symmetrical uplift that erosion has revealed. No one has explained yet why it is circular.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/mysterious-sight-desert-floor-drawings.jpg" width="510" height="351" alt="Mysterious Sights: the Richat Structure" /></p>
<p>Mysterious Sights: Middle East Desert Floor Drawings <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/world-mysterious-sights-bolivia-california-turkey-canada">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/aurora-borealis-iceland.jpg" width="510" height="631" alt="northern lights over Iceland" /></p>
<p>Photo courtesy of <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/8757310/The-northern-lights-or-aurora-borealis-pictured-over-Iceland-by-Jonina-G-Oskarsdottir.html" target="_blank">Jónína G. Óskarsdóttir / Barcroft Media</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/files/images/merry-rabbits-parade.jpg" alt="Merry Rabbits on Parade - What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love! - Victor Hugo" height="369" width="285"></p>
<p>From the publisher:<br />
"New Year 2011 wishes Peace to the World, Health to the Earth, Love to all life, Wisdom to decisions. Be merry."</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/wwii-vday-kiss-time-square.jpg" width="510" height="762" alt="Edith Shain, nurse kissing Navy man in Eisenstaedt's iconic WWII photo on VJ-Day" /></p>
<p>May all World War II veterans and victims rest in peace.</p>
<p>(June 20, 2010) Edith Shain, the nurse in Alfred Eisenstead's famous Victory over Japan Day In Times Square photo, died in Los Angeles. She was 91.</p>
<p>Photos courtesy of Alfred Eisenstaedt / Getty</p>
<p>Original Source: <a href="http://www.hollywoodmemoir.com/vj-day-kiss" target="_blank">hollywoodmemoir.com</a></p>
http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/wwii-vday-nurse-sailer-kiss-photo-rip-edith-shain#commentsArt &amp; PoemFigures &amp; FactsUS &amp; WorldarteventsimagemilitarypeoplephotowarSun, 27 Jun 2010 20:29:32 -0400WcP.Art769 at http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blogAsterix turns 50: France's popular cultural hero born under influence of friendship, desperation & a great deal of alcoholhttp://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/asterix-turns-50-frances-cultural-hero-born-under-in
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/asterix-obelix-idefix.jpg" width="510" height="410" alt="Asterix, Obelix &amp; their dog Idefix are the characters of a very popular cartoon" title="Asterix, Obelix &amp; their dog Idefix are the characters of a very popular cartoon" /></p>
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<p>A little-reported ceremony took place a few days ago outside a nondescript apartment block in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. An old man unveiled a plaque to mark the birthplace of one of France's greatest cultural heroes: Asterix.</p>
<p>On 29 October 1959, the first adventure of the diminutive warrior Asterix appeared in the comic magazine Pilote. It was the work of the Italian-born artist Albert Uderzo and his script-writer friend René Goscinny.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/albert-uderzo_rene-goscinny.jpg" width="510" height="356" alt="Asterix's co-creators Albert Uderzo (left) and René Goscinny with an early drawing of Obelix and Asterix" title="Asterix's co-creators Albert Uderzo (left) and René Goscinny with an early drawing of Obelix and Asterix" /></p>
<p>According to one of their creators, the small, wily Gaul Asterix and his oversized, clumsy friend Obelix were born under the influence of friendship, desperation and a great deal of alcohol. They met at Uderzo's apartment in the Paris suburb of Pantin to dream up a story and some characters for a comic strip to be published in the first edition of the weekly magazine Pilote. At the time, aside from the Belgian strips Tintin and Spirou, French newspapers carried primarily American comics. The founder of Pilote wanted French children to be able to read stories in which their own culture dominated. 'The Gauls,' they thought, 'liked to have a good laugh, to talk big and were bon vivants. I think we've got something there.' <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/asterix-turns-50-frances-cultural-hero-born-under-in">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/fab-four-beatles-abbey-road.jpg" width="510" height="475" alt="at 11:30am on 8 August 1969, 40 years ago, the Beatles were photographed walking across a pedestrian crossing in London. The photograph was taken by the Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan" title="at 11:30am on 8 August 1969, 40 years ago, the Beatles were photographed walking across a pedestrian crossing in London. The photograph was taken by the Scottish photographer Iain Macmillan" /></p>
<p>(quote)</p>
<p>A day in the life of Abbey Road, an ordinary-looking street in north London.</p>
<p><I>"A policeman held up the traffic, the band walked back and forth a few times and that was that" - Brian Southall</I></p>
<p>On the 8 August 1969 that the Fab Four walked out of No 3 Abbey Road, having finished basic work on what would be their penultimate album. The photographer who took the famous cover shot was the late Iain Macmillan, a close friend of Brian Southall's, who knew the Beatles through working with Yoko Ono. "He was given about 15 minutes," says Mr Southall. "He stood up a stepladder while a policeman held up the traffic, the band walked back and forth a few times and that was that." </p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/tribute-band-beatles-abbey-road.jpg" width="510" height="287" alt="a tribute band dressed as members of the Beatles walk across the famous pedestrian crossing on London's Abbey Road to mark the 40th anniversary of the cover photo of the album of the same name" title="a tribute band dressed as members of the Beatles walk across the famous pedestrian crossing on London's Abbey Road to mark the 40th anniversary of the cover photo of the album of the same name" /></p>
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<p>Photos courtesy of Sang Tan/ Associated Press and BBC News</p>
<p>Original Source: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8188475.stm" target="_blank">BBC</a> </p>
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<p>(quote)</p>
<p><I>"Earth Song" - written &amp; composed by Michael Jackson, released on November 27, 1995. It centered around the destruction and rebirth of Earth and went on to receive a Grammy nomination in 1997. The song was a top five hit in most European countries. In the UK, it remains Jackson's best-selling single. "Earth Song" was not released as a single in the United States.</I></p>
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<p>Lyric excerpts:</p>
<p>What about sunrise<br />
What about rain<br />
What about all the things<br />
That you said we were to gain...<br />
What about killing fields<br />
Is there a time<br />
What about all the things<br />
That you said was yours and mine...<br />
Did you ever stop to notice<br />
All the blood we've shed before<br />
Did you ever stop to notice<br />
The crying Earth the weeping shores?<br />
Aaaaaaaaaah Aaaaaaaaaah</p>
<p>What have we done to the world<br />
Look what we've done<br />
What about all the peace<br />
That you pledge your only son...<br />
What about flowering fields<br />
Is there a time<br />
What about all the dreams<br />
That you said was yours and mine...<br />
Did you ever stop to notice<br />
All the children dead from war<br />
Did you ever stop to notice<br />
The crying Earth the weeping shores? …Aaaaaaaaaah…<br />
I used to dream<br />
I used to glance beyond the stars<br />
Now I don't know where we are<br />
Although I know we've drifted far…Aaaaaaaaaah…</p>
<p>Hey, what about yesterday (What about us)<br />
What about the seas (What about us)<br />
The heavens are falling down (What about us)<br />
I can't even breathe (What about us)<br />
What about the bleeding Earth (What about us)<br />
Can't we feel its wounds (What about us)<br />
What about nature's worth (ooo,ooo)<br />
It's our planet's womb (What about us)<br />
What about animals (What about it)<br />
We've turned kingdoms to dust (What about us)<br />
What about elephants (What about us)<br />
Have we lost their trust (What about us)<br />
What about crying whales (What about us)<br />
We're ravaging the seas (What about us) <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/earth-song-michael-jackson95-ever-stop-noticethe-crying-earth-weeping-shores-weve-drifted-fa">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/seaweed_reflection.jpg" width="510" height="379" alt="reflection on seaweeds at Seche environmental plant in France" title="reflection on seaweeds at Seche environmental plant in France" /></p>
<p>(quote)</p>
<p>A photographer is reflected in micro seaweeds in a basin at the Seche environmental plant in Le Vigeant, southern France. Seche Environnement, which specializes in the treatment and storage for all types of non-radioactive waste, produces green fuel from seaweeds.</p>
<p>(unquote)</p>
<p>Photos courtesy of Alain Jocard/AFP/Getty Images</p>
<p>Original Source: Times Online</p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/tea_plantation.jpg" width="510" height="346" alt="tea plantation in Munnar, Kerala" title="tea plantation in Munnar, Kerala" /></p>
<p>The Telegraph’s weekly Big Picture contest winner: this shot of a tea plantation in Munnar, Kerala, taken by Lynden Clarke from Bristol.</p>
<p>Original Source: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/hubs/thebigpicture/4805275/The-Big-Picture-photography-competition-round-39.html" target="_blank">Telegraph</a> </p>
http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/photo-tea-plantation-here-earth-must-feel-profound-peace-and-enjoy-its-fresh-breaths-amidst-#commentsArt &amp; PoemHealth &amp; LifestyleLife, Nature, SocietyUS &amp; WorldartimagenaturephotoplacesThu, 19 Mar 2009 23:38:16 -0400WcP.Art519 at http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blogAfrican Elephants dwarfed by acacias in Kenya - photo from 2009 Sony World Photography Awardshttp://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/african-elephants-dwarfed-acacias-kenya-photo-2009-sony-world-photography-awards
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/federico-veronesi_photo_elephants.jpg" width="510" height="379" alt="Federico Veronesi/Sony World Photography Awards – African elephants dwarfed by acacias in Kenya" title="Federico Veronesi/Sony World Photography Awards – African elephants dwarfed by acacias in Kenya" /></p>
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<p>Federico Veronesi, Kenya: African Elephants are dwarfed by acacias in Amboseli, Kenya.</p>
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<p>Photos courtesy of Federico Veronesi/Sony World Photography Awards</p>
<p>Original Source: <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/photo_galleries/article5798425.ece" target="_blank">Times Online</a> </p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/the-beatles.jpg" width="510" height="383" alt="The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr" title="The Beatles: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr" /></p>
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<p><i>Live rooftop concert shuts down part of Dundas Street<br />
Re-enactment of The Beatles famous last concert together </p>
<p>Downtown London got back to 1969 over the noon hour as hundreds of fans cheered a band playing a re-creation of the Beatles' final public performance 40 years ago to the day. Led by London musician and Beatles expert Yuri Pool, the group played the songs in the same order, starting and finishing with versions of Get Back, the Beatles played in their legendary concert on the roof of Apple Records in London, England on Jan. 30, 1979. Hundreds of fans, standing in the cold, lined up 10 or 12 deep along a block of Dundas Street in downtown London.</i></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content_2/beatles.jpg" width="510" height="383" alt="The Beatles" title="The Beatles" /></p>
<p>How The Beatles Conquered America: the story of how the Beatles first became successful in America is a fascinating tale - filled with astonishing coincidences. </p>
<p><u>Friday January 10th 1964</u> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/feb-1964-beatles-1st-tour-us-jan-30-2009-london-rooftop-beatles-final-public-concert-40-yrs-">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/happy-lunar-new-year_year-of-ox.jpg" width="510" height="462" alt="Happy Lunar New Year! Year of the Ox" title="Happy Lunar New Year! Year of the Ox" /></p>
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<p>The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. This powerful sign is a born leader, being quite dependable and possessing an innate ability to achieve great things. As one might guess, such people are dependable, calm, and modest. Like their animal namesake, the Ox is unswervingly patient, tireless in their work, and capable of enduring any amount of hardship without complaint.</p>
<p>Ox people need peace and quiet to work through their ideas, and when they have set their mind on something it is hard for them to be convinced otherwise. An Ox person has a very logical mind and is extremely systematic in whatever they do, though they have a tremendous imagination and an unparalleled appreciation for beauty. These people speak little but are extremely intelligent. When necessary, they are articulate and eloquent.</p>
<p>People born under the influence of the Ox are kind, caring souls, logical, positive, filled with common sense and with their feet firmly planted on the ground. Security is their main preoccupation in life, and they are prepared to toil long and hard in order to provide a warm, comfortable and stable nest for themselves and their families. Strong-minded, stubborn, individualistic, the majority are highly intelligent individuals who don't take kindly to being told what to do.</p>
<p>The Ox works hard, patiently, and methodically, with original intelligence and reflective thought. These people enjoy helping others. Behind this tenacious, laboring, and self-sacrificing exterior lies an active mind. The Ox is not extravagant, and the thought of living off credit cards or being in debt makes them nervous. The possibility of taking a serious risk could cause the Ox sleepless nights. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/happy-lunar-new-year-especially-those-born-or-be-born-year-ox">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/st-jerome-in-his-study_jan-van-eyck.jpg" width="300" height="482" alt="Jan van Eyck’s ‘St. Jerome in His Study’ is among the renowned paintings at the Detroit Institute of Arts" title="Jan van Eyck’s ‘St. Jerome in His Study’ is among the renowned paintings at the Detroit Institute of Arts" /></p>
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<p>As the art world waited breathlessly for word on whether the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles would survive or go bust, a white knight, the billionaire art collector Eli Broad, rode to the rescue with a $30 million bailout plan. Some people cheered; others sneered. Few thought to point out that more venerable and vulnerable institutions across the U.S. are also struggling, but with no bailouts in sight.</p>
<p>Major art museums in Detroit, Newark and Brooklyn are prime examples. Forged a century ago or more from idealism and dollars, they are American classics, monuments to Yankee can-do. As latecomers to the culture game, American museums had to buy art fast and big, and they did. But times and fortunes - we all know the story - changed. Depression, recession and politics brought powerful cities to their knees. Populations shifted. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/museum-of-contemporary-art.jpg" width="510" height="340" alt="three weeks ago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles ran through its savings, and the billionaire art collector Eli Broad rode to the rescue. But more venerable and vulnerable institutions across the country are also struggling to stay afloat, with no bailouts in sight" title="three weeks ago, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles ran through its savings, and the billionaire art collector Eli Broad rode to the rescue. But more venerable and vulnerable institutions across the country are also struggling to stay afloat, with no bailouts in sight" /> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/art-space-no-benefactors-us-museums-look-inward-their-own-bailouts">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/25th-harbin-international-ice-snow-festival.jpg" width="510" height="321" alt="Harbin, China: the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival" title="Harbin, China: the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival" /></p>
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<p>People visit ice sculptures for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. </p>
<p>The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, opened on Jan. 5, 2009. The festival lasts for one month, and features large ice and snow sculptures, ice lanterns, swimming in the icy Songhua River and more. The northern hemisphere is a hospitable place for ice festivals these days, so in that spirit, here is a collection of recent photographs of all things frozen, and some of the ways we live and play with ice.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/swan_trying_to_land.jpg" width="510" height="306" alt="Castleford, northern England: swan trying to land" title="Castleford, northern England: swan trying to land" /></p>
<p>A swan attempts to land on a frozen lake near Castleford northern England Monday Jan. 5, 2009. Freezing temperatures and snow have struck large areas of Britain. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/ice-slides_international-ice-and-snow-festival.jpg" width="510" height="305" alt="visitors sliding down ice slides at 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival" title="visitors sliding down ice slides at 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival" /></p>
<p>Visitors slide on tracks at an ice sculpture during a preview for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/mastery-winter-ice-are-skaters-swan-crabapple-tree-child-sculptures-international-ice-snow-s">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/sculpture_beach_soldier-scale-1-1.jpg" width="350" height="435" alt="a visitor to Sydney’s Tamarama Beach enjoys a refreshment near a sculpture titled Soldier Scale 1:1" title="a visitor to Sydney’s Tamarama Beach enjoys a refreshment near a sculpture titled Soldier Scale 1:1" /></p>
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<p>Every year, peculiar apparitions appear on the cliffs between popular Sydney beaches Bondi and Tamarama, yet not even the gulls take fright at the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition - Australia's largest annual outdoor free exhibition of sculpture. This year, more than 100 sculptures from seven countries, including Japan, the US, Iceland and New Caledonia, are on display on the cliff tops or around the rocky foreshore, expecting to attract 500,000 sightseers.</p>
<p>For David Handley, who founded the event 12 years ago, its popularity never ceases to surprise. "I would have needed therapy if you'd told me 12 years ago how big it was going to be," he says. "You wouldn't believe how much work goes on behind the scenes, but once Sydney responded the way it did, you just can't stop." </p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/sculpture-by-the-sea_andy-townsend_suzie-bleach.jpg" width="510" height="379" alt="the free outdoor exhibition, now in its 12th year, stretches for two-kilometres (1.24 miles) along the coastline popular with walkers, joggers and tourists. Visitors view a work by artists Andy Townsend and Suzie Bleach" title="free outdoor exhibition, now in its 12th year, stretches for two-kilometres (1.24 miles) along the coastline popular with walkers, joggers and tourists. Visitors view a work by artists Andy Townsend and Suzie Bleach" /> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/sculptures-by-the-sea-107-sculptures-7-countries-display-australia-largest-annual-outdoor-free-exhibition">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/rachel-legrain-trapani_14th_salon-du-chocolat.jpg" width="300" height="450" alt="Former Miss France 2007 Rachel Legrain-Trapani presents a creation by Jean Doucet and Ghraoui Chocolatier at the 14th Salon du Chocolat (Paris Chocolate Show) in Paris October 28, 2008" title="Former Miss France 2007 Rachel Legrain-Trapani presents a creation by Jean Doucet and Ghraoui Chocolatier at the 14th Salon du Chocolat (Paris Chocolate Show) in Paris October 28, 2008" /></p>
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<p>The 14th edition of the Chocolate Fair has opened in Paris featuring 400 exhibitors and 140 chocolatiers from around the world, featuring displays and mountains of chocolate, top pastry chefs and sculptures. Visitors will be able to sample treats, creamy truffles and steaming cups of hot chocolate. </p>
<p>"It may be doom and gloom for everybody else, but for us all is well," said Gilles Marchal of luxury French chocolate-maker La Maison du Chocolat, speaking as the annual Paris chocolate show opened Wednesday. "Chocolate is a comfort-food," he added. "There has been no drop in sales."</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/cauliflower_chocolate.jpg" width="270" height="359" alt="in these troubled times, chocolate-makers are walking on the wild side with weird flavours such as cauliflower" title="in these troubled times, chocolate-makers are walking on the wild side with weird flavours such as cauliflower" /></p>
<p>The French have had a long-standing love affair with chocolate since its introduction to the country by Anne of Austria in 1615. It was presented as a wedding gift upon her marriage to Louis XIII. Anne of Austria only married him on condition that she could bring her own chocolate supplies from Spain. By the mid-1600s, the chocolate drink had gained widespread popularity in France. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/comfort-food-14th-chocolate-show-opens-paris-with-400-exhibitors-140-chocolatiers-around-wor">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/global-warning-melchior-islands.jpg" width="510" height="341" alt="Sebastian Copeland: Stormy Weather. Series: Antarctica: The Global Warning Melchior Islands, Antarctica, 2006" title="Sebastian Copeland: Stormy Weather. Series: Antarctica: The Global Warning Melchior Islands, Antarctica, 2006" /></p>
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<p>What is photography for? Can it change our minds? An exhibition just opened at Paris’s Palais de Tokyo, of the 18 photographers short listed for the first Prix Pictet, poses these questions loud and clear. </p>
<p>The Pictet prize, established this year by Pictet &amp; Cie, one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and co-sponsored by the Financial Times, is the only international photography prize that concerns itself directly with sustainable development and environmental issues. In that sense it isn’t quite a conventional art prize but an award – of 100,000 Swiss francs (SFr) – to be given annually to the artist who best uses the power of the camera to communicate a vital dispatch on one of the most serious issues facing us all. </p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/chinese-dust-bowl.jpg" width="510" height="339" alt="Sanggen Dalai, Inner Mongolia, China. Women flee the main street as dust fills the air. This shot is from Benoit Aquin's series, which has won the overall prize of £50,000. The Chinese Dust Bowl documents scarce water resources, desertification and ecological refugees in China" title="Sanggen Dalai, Inner Mongolia, China. Women flee the main street as dust fills the air. This shot is from Benoit Aquin's series, which has won the overall prize of £50,000. The Chinese Dust Bowl documents scarce water resources, desertification and ecological refugees in China" /> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/water-theme-inaugural-prix-pictet-first-international-photography-prize-focus-sustainability">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/audrey-hepburn_portrait_1956.jpg" width="310" height="399" alt="portrait photo of Audrey Hepburn taken by Yousuf Karsh" title="portrait photo of Audrey Hepburn taken by Yousuf Karsh" /></p>
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<p>The work of the legendary portraitist is celebrated at a centenary exhibit at Boston's Museum of Fine Arts. Among the portraits -</p>
<p><u>Audrey Hepburn, 1956</u><br />
"The French novelist Colette picked her out of a ballet lineup to play Gigi on stage, and her career was launched. When I photographed her in Hollywood and commented on her quality of sophisticated vulnerability, she told me of her harrowing experiences during the Second World War. Years later, in the Kremlin, Chairman Brezhnev agreed to sit for me only if I made him as beautiful as Audrey Hepburn."</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/winston-churchill_portrait_1941.jpg" width="310" height="399" alt="portrait photo of Winston Churchill taken by Yousuf Karsh" title="portrait photo of Winston Churchill taken by Yousuf Karsh" /></p>
<p><u>Winston Churchill, 1941</u> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/work-legendary-portraitist-yousuf-karsh-celebrated-boston-exhibit-churchill-hepburn-picasso-">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/fusion_greek_dish_chef_george-calombaris.jpg" width="500" height="377" alt="At The Press Club, chef George Calombaris brings his classical training to traditional Greek dishes, like this fusion dish of char-grilled octopus, smoked butter kozani saffron makaronadas (a Greek pasta) and edible amaranth flowers" title="At The Press Club, chef George Calombaris brings his classical training to traditional Greek dishes, like this fusion dish of char-grilled octopus, smoked butter kozani saffron makaronadas (a Greek pasta) and edible amaranth flowers" /></p>
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<p>Melbourne has become the world's latest destination for inventive, delicious cuisine. The term "foodie" is often heard in Melbourne, such a mecca for good eating, you could call it the Southern Hemisphere Paris. Certainly, securing a reservation at chef Shannon Bennett's Vue de monde can be as tough to get as a table for two at one of Joel Robuchon's establishments. Culinary creations by Bennett, 34, a native of Melbourne who looks more like a surfer than a super chef, include what he calls a "virtual gnocchi," a cep puree treated to an in-kitchen chemistry lesson which defines its shape, then served accompanied by sautéed king brown and shimeji mushrooms and zucchini flowers and finished with a tarragon emulsion. Another crowd pleaser is the bouillabaise which is presented at the table in a glass-toped, 1950s-style coffee percolator filled with aromatic shellfish stock. After this concoction is brought to a boil, it is poured into a bowl of tartares of crayfish and king fish cloaked in buffalo mozzarella.</p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/VIC_melbourne_vue-de-monde.jpg" width="312" height="250" alt="dining at Vue de Monde" title="dining at Vue de Monde" /> <span class='read-more'><a href="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/blog/content/taking-best-international-cuisine-melbourne-becomes-world-latest-destination-inventive-delicious-food">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p>
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<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/ralph-lauren_ny_fashion_week_ss_2009.jpg" width="191" height="420" alt="Ralph Lauren spring/summer 2009 collection at New York fashion week" title="Ralph Lauren spring/summer 2009 collection at New York fashion week" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/vera-wang_fashion.jpg" width="254" height="420" alt="Vera Wang" title="Vera Wang" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/pamella-roland.jpg" width="238" height="420" alt="Pamella Roland" title="Pamella Roland" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/tuleh.jpg" width="220" height="420" alt="Tuleh" title="Tuleh" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/ralph-lauren.jpg" width="191" height="420" alt="Ralph Lauren spring/summer 2009 collection" title="Ralph Lauren spring/summer 2009 collection" /></p>
<p><img src="http://www.worldculturepictorial.com/images/content/michael-kors.jpg" width="277" height="420" alt="Michael Kors" title="Michael Kors" /></p>
<p>Complete coverage at <a href=" http://www.nytimes.com/pages/fashion/shows/index.html" target="_blank">New York Times</a> with slideshows</p>
<p>Photos courtesy of Louis Lanzano/Associated Press, Getty, Firstview, Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, and Telegraph UK</p>
<p>Related Article: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/fashion/main.jhtml?xml=/fashion/2008/09/12/efralph112.xml" target="_blank">Ralph Lauren at New York Fashion Week</a> (with video)</p>
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